December 2000 Recruiting-Online Newsletter

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* FREE JOB POSTING SITES OF THE MONTH

JobSquare:  It's a bulk job posting distribution service, and they 
let you peruse their resumes.  Quite a bit of both services are free 
to new registrants.  Register free at:
http://www.jobsquare.com

Collegiate techies:  Most colleges make you scroll through a long 
laundry list of resumes, without targeted search functionality.  At 
least some are limited to a particular department, like the 
University of Maryland's CompSci majors at: 
http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/
But at some schools, targeted search engines make it a breeze to find 
the exact skillsets you want, by year.  For example:
Texas A&M CompSci: http://www.cs.tamu.edu/Resumes/


* INTERNET RECRUITING TOOLS OF THE MONTH

Disappearing Email puts a time limit on your sent email messages:  
they can't be read, printed, saved or copied after the time period 
you specify.  Use it to limit: how long emailed resumes are stored on 
your system, the duration of confidential messages, etc.  It works 
with Microsoft Outlook 98 and 2000 and is free for individual users.
http://www.disappearinginc.com

A recruiter recently asked me for salary metrics for Telecom 
engineers.  The best free source for this (or any other job title) is 
Salary.com.  Just select an industry (e.g., Telecommunications) from 
the Job Category menu and geographic area from the State/Metro Area 
menu.  Click the relevant job titles for detailed compensation 
reports.  If the job titles don't match closely enough, change the 
Job Category menu to another industry (e.g., Engineering, in this 
example) to find others.
http://www.salary.com


* GENERAL RECRUITING TIP OF THE MONTH

Case examples of useful recruiting tips from various companies, also 
applicable to recruiting firms, can be found on the career site 
maintained by BusinessWeek and LeadersOnline at:
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/


* INTERNET RECRUITING NICHE OF THE MONTH

Secretaries:  Whether you work in high-tech or not, many lower-level 
candidates are in demand, too.  However, most web resume searches 
yield more technical candidates...unless you use the right sources.  
One of our favorite free ones is AOL Hometown.  For example, if you 
want secretaries' resumes in the 508 area code, try searching at
http://hometown.aol.com/cat.adp?cid=22000&l=english using this simple 
search string:
secretary resume 508
(Note that AOL does not support Boolean searches, so if you want to 
target a wider geography, you must search multiple times, 
substituting a new area code in each search.)

For many more such sources, login to our course (see "HOW DO I LEARN 
MORE?" below if you lack access) and go to:
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* RECRUITING EVENT OF THE MONTH

The Electronic Recruiters Exchange, one of the best sites for 
Internet recruiters, is holding their first ERExpo: Future Directions 
in Recruiting on March 8-9, 2001 in San Diego, CA.  The trade show, 
speakers and sessions look strong.  Meet many of their guest web 
columnists, gurus of Internet recruiting in their own right, on a 
boat cruise on March 7.  For details, visit:
http://www.erexchange.com/expo/

To see other Internet recruiting events, visit:
http://www.egroups.com/calendar/recruiting-online?s=2


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* ADVANCED SEARCH STRING OF THE MONTH

You want experienced (i.e., not still in college) Java developers in, 
say, Connecticut, but you don't get enough resumes when you merely 
search for "Java developers."  That's because many such folks call 
themselves "engineers" or do "Java programming" or "architecture."  
So go to Altavista.com, click on Advanced Search and:

1) paste this in the "Boolean Query" box:
java and (engineer* or develop* or program* or architect*) and (CT 
near (203 or 475 or 860 or 959)) and not (url:.edu or submit or reply 
or job* or HR or eoe or "human resources")

2) paste this in the "Sort by" box:
url:resume title:resume

Then click "Search."  To learn why this works, how to adapt Boolean 
search strings to other desired candidate skilltypes or other 
geographic areas, login to our course (see "HOW DO I LEARN MORE?" 
below if you lack access) and go to:
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* INNOVATIVE RECRUITING SITE OF THE MONTH

Unicru provides technology to recruit and retain hourly workers, and 
operates 12,000 kiosks across the nation that list jobs that pay by 
the hour and where candidates can apply online.  Their new web site 
helps companies screen and attract job candidates:  it assesses 
applicants, performs background checks and delivers suggested 
interview questions to the manager within 10 minutes.  If successful, 
the site could serve a huge market.  According to the non-profit 
research firm, the Employment Policy Foundation, the U.S. has 67.6 
million hourly workers.
http://www.unicru.com


* RECRUITING NEWS OF THE MONTH

EarthWeb has been refocusing itself towards online IT recruiting and 
certification preparation services for IT professionals.  Completing 
the transition, Earthweb sold its 14 non-career related IT sites, 
including Developer.com and HTMLGoodies, on Dec. 26 to Internet.com, 
but retained Dice.com and MeasureUp.com, its recruiting and 
training/certification preparation sites.
http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/12/26/deals/wires/earthweb_wg/


* USER GROUP OF THE MONTH

Boston SPIN is the Boston-area chapter of the Software Process 
Improvement Network.  Members address issues related to people, 
management, process and equipment/tools.  Submit job postings free to 
David Heimann (heimann@world.std.com); Charlie Ryan 
(ryan@sei.cmu.edu) will let you attend a monthly meeting or to 
subscribe to their In-the-SPIN newsletter (both free). For more 
info, visit their site (http://www.cs.uml.edu/Boston-SPIN/bos-
SPIN.html).  Find other chapters and resources at the Software 
Engineering Institute, which coordinates SPIN at a national level:
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/


* RECRUITING STATISTIC OF THE MONTH

According to Building Bridges Across Generations: The New Workplace 
Culture, from now to 2006, the worker population aged 45-54 will rise 
by over 50%, while 25-34 workers will decline by 9%.  Is anybody 
thinking what this means for the recruiting industry?
http://www.generationsatwork.com/speeches.htm


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From your ally in the online recruitment world,
Glenn Gutmacher, http://www.Recruiting-Online.com